UPDATE - At least 9 killed as Israeli forces shell civilians, homes across Gaza

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By Hosni Nadim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes targeting civilians and homes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medics said.

Three people lost their lives when fighter jets shelled a group of civilians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical source said.

Four more people were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home near the Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City, the Civil Defense Service said.

Two more Palestinians were killed and others injured in another strike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, another medical source said.

A Palestinian was also injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent for displaced people in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to a local source.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued to blow up and destroy more homes and residential buildings in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, according to witnesses.

Israeli artillery shelling was reported in the eastern areas of Khan Younis and the northern parts of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said.

No information was yet available about casualties.

The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed nearly 45,900 people, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on the enclave.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar